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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Infectious Diseases - DA0110002
Title: Infectious Diseases
Guaranteed by: Department of Infectious Diseases (13-421)
Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 4
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 3 [weeks]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: DA1110002
Guarantor: MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. MUDr. Dušan Pícha, CSc.
Classification: Medicine > Clinical Disciplines
Pre-requisite : DA0108089, DA0108363, DA0108369
Is pre-requisite for: DA0112303, DA0112302
Files Comments Added by
download Rozvrh_K2_ZS 2026 oprava mot.pdf Livie Krajčová
download Rozvrh_ZS_K1_mot_2026.pdf Livie Krajčová
download Rozvrh_ZS_2025 AJ_mot 1.pdf Olga Linhartová
download Rozvrh_ZS_2025 AJ_mot 2+3.pdf Olga Linhartová
Annotation
Infections diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi. Differential diagnosis of infectious diseases, neuroinfection of both adults and children, respiratory and exanthematous illnesses, alimentary infections in children and adults, essentials of laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases and immunisation.
Last update: HABET (28.07.2003)
Course completion requirements

Requirements for a credit:

• participation in practice (3 absences are tolerated only )

• presence at three consulting lessons ( neuroinfectious, respiratory and exanthematic infections and gastrointestinal infections) – the questions are available on the MOODLE website

• elaboration of the patient case report

More than three absences – must be compensated completely, the form will be determined by the management of the clinic

Last update: PROCHAZHELEN (09.01.2024)
Literature
Hobstová, J.: Infectious diseases : Karolinum, 2003 (A), 2012 (D)
+Long, S.: Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases : Churchill Livingstone, 2010

+Mandel, G. L.: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennet's principles and practice of infectious diseases :

Elsevier Saunders, 2015

+Betts, A. F.: Reese and Bet‘s practical approach to infectious diseases : Lippincott, 2003

+Cohen J.: Infectious diseases: Mosby, 2010

+Steffen, R.: Mannual of travel medicine and health. 3nd ed., 2007

+Manual of Childhood Infection: The Blue Book (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics) 4th Edition 2016 (available as ebook)

+ Estee Torok and col.: Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, 2nd Edition, 2016

+ Murray, Rosenthal,Pfaller.: Medical Microbiology, 8th Edition, 2015)

Last update: Loupalová Blanka (17.08.2020)
Requirements to the exam

Infectious Diseases - International students, 5th year

Examination : practical part and theoretical part

Exam dates: the following week after a 3-week practice, 1-3 days (morning and afternoon)

Examining Board: 1-2 members

2nd resit: 3-member commission, the course of the exam is entered in the report and submitted to the study department - Circular No. 1/2001

The last term of exam: the exact date is written by the Dean

Exam questions:

1 Invasive meningococcal disease

Paresis of infectious origin, including polyradiculoneuritis

Culture methods for identification of infectious agents

2 Acute tonsillopharyngitis – including differential diagnosis

Foodborne intoxication, botulism

Antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections

3 Infections in splenectomized patients and pregnant women

Bacillary dysentery and dysentery-like syndrome – differential diagnosis of hemorrhagic colitis

Interpretation of complete blood count parameters and inflammatory markers

4 Meningeal syndrome – differential diagnosis

Viral hepatitis with fecal–oral transmission

Intestinal protozoal infections (amoebiasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis)

5 Jaundice and elevation of liver enzymes of infectious origin – differential diagnosis

Antibiotic treatment of streptococcal infections

Pertussis, diphtheria

6 Sepsis and septic shock (pathophysiology, clinical presentation)

Infectious mononucleosis syndrome

Vaccination – types of vaccines, basic vaccination rules, adverse effects, contraindications

7 Infections caused by S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

Healthcare-associated infections (definition, most common infections, prevention options)

Intestinal parasitic infections (enterobiasis, ascariasis)

8 Purulent meningitis – diagnosis and treatment

Antifungal agents (overview of basic groups and indications)

Malaria

9 Tick-borne encephalitis

Infectious causes of regional lymphadenopathy + differential diagnosis

Indications for immunoglobulin use in infectious diseases

10 Purulent meningitis in neonates and infants

Hemorrhagic/petechial exanthema

Antibiotic treatment of anaerobic infections

11 Infective endocarditis

Acute diarrhea syndrome (etiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis)

Antiviral agents (overview of basic groups and indications)

12 Treatment of neuroinfections

Salmonella infections including typhoid and paratyphoid fever

Tropical arboviral infections (Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, Yellow fever)

13 Pneumonia – clinical presentation, therapy, and possible complications

Antibiotic treatment of staphylococcal infections

Gastrointestinal infections caused by Escherichia coli

14 Cough of infectious origin and its differential diagnosis

Infections caused by S. pyogenes

Antibiotic treatment of neonates and pregnant and breastfeeding women

15 Diagnostic approach to the febrile patient

Risks and management of animal bites

Tularemia, bartonellosis

16 Infectious causes of generalized lymphadenopathy + differential diagnosis

Listeriosis

Antibiotic treatment of intracellular bacterial pathogens

17 Fungal infections (candidiasis, aspergillosis, mucormycosis)

Antibiotic treatment of resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Fifth disease and sixth disease

18 Treatment of respiratory infections (symptomatic therapy, indications for antibiotic use)

HIV – etiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation

Viral gastrointestinal infections

19 Treatment of sepsis

Infections caused by HSV

Traveler’s diarrhea

20 Maculopapular exanthema – most common infectious agents, differential diagnosis

Antibiotic treatment of resistant Gram-positive bacteria

Leptospirosis

21 HIV infection – diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis

Infections of the spine, bones, and joints

Lyme borreliosis

22 Treatment and prophylaxis of tetanus

Toxin-mediated syndromes other than CDI (TSS, PVL…)

Measles, rubella, mumps

23 Skin and soft tissue infections (impetigo, erysipelas, skin abscess, necrotizing fasciitis)

Treatment of gastrointestinal infections (symptomatic therapy, indications for antibiotic use)

Infections caused by enteroviruses

24 Aseptic CNS infections (main etiological agents, clinical manifestations)

Indications for corticosteroid use in infectious diseases

Fever after return from the tropics

25 Infections in immunosuppressed patients (basic principles, febrile neutropenia, infections in patients on biologic therapy and after organ transplantation)

Methods of indirect detection of infectious agents

Infections caused by Clostridioides difficile

26 Cerebrospinal fluid findings (aseptic and purulent), indications and performance of lumbar puncture

Non-culture methods of direct detection of infectious agents

Infections caused by EBV and CMV

27 Vesiculopustular exanthema

Antibiotics – basic principles of therapy and its risks, AwaRe classification, antibiotic stewardship

Viral hepatitis with parenteral transmission

28 Viral respiratory infections (influenza, COVID-19, RSV)

Immunopathological complications of infections (erythema nodosum, PIMS, Kawasaki disease, Guillain–Barré syndrome)

Vaccination schedule in the Czech Republic and recommended childhood vaccinations

29 Pneumonia – etiological agents, diagnosis, differential diagnosis

Microorganisms potentially usable as biological weapons (anthrax, variola, viral hemorrhagic fevers)

Toxoplasmosis

30 Infections in high-risk populations (intravenous drug users, homeless individuals, alcohol-dependent patients…)

Infections caused by chlamydiae and mycoplasmas

Tissue helminth infections – toxocariasis, echinococcosis

31 Antibiotic treatment of skin and soft tissue infections

Opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS patients

Infections caused by VZV

32 Fever – most common causes, differential diagnosis

Vaccination – recommendations for high-risk patient groups (elderly, splenectomized patients, pregnant women)

Campylobacteriosis, yersiniosis

33 Purulent meningitis – etiology, clinical presentation

Vertically transmitted infections

Pre-travel counseling (basic principles of vaccination, antimalarial prophylaxis, travel medical kit)

Last update: Krajčová Livie (13.03.2026)
Syllabus

Syllabus - Infectious Diseases for International Students

The study is organised in blocks according to the timetable.

Place: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Na Bulovce, Budínova 2, Prague 8

Beginning: 8,00

Duration: three weeks

Prerequisite: Internal medicine, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Epidemiology

Conditions of obtaining credit: participation, consultations

Cloakroom: on the 5th floor

Lectures and seminars:

Neuroinfections - purulent and aseptic meningitis, polyradiculoneuritis (doc. Pícha)

Laboratory diagnostics (doc. Pícha)

Antibiotics and chemoterapeutic agents (doc.Pícha)

Exanthematic diseases (prim. Roháčová)

Higly dangerous infections (prim. Roháčová)

Gastrointestinal infections (dr. Ambrožová)

Respiratory infections (dr. Trojánek)

Vaccination ( dr. Trojánek)

Viral hepatitis (dr.Stejskal)

Parasitic diseases (dr. Stejskal)

Slides of infectious diseases (dr. Stejskal)

Infective endocarditis (dr. Smíšková)

Zoonozes (dr. Smíšková)

Infectious of immunocompromised patiens ( dr. Smíšková)

AIDS (prof. Machala)

Practical demonstration and training:

demonstration of interesting cases (assistants, doc. Pícha, prim. Roháčová

demonstration of patients with AIDS in out-patient department on the 2nd floor (prof. Machala)

lumbar puncture (assistants)

daily checking allocated patient and working on case report for the exam

Last update: Loupalová Blanka (07.11.2019)
 
Schedule scheduled
Schedule ticket Date From - To Education type Theme Teacher Files Note
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Groups of students
M5.1.AVL
Mon 09.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:15 Invitation and basic informations  Dr. Slížek 7th floor
 8:30 Viral  CNS infection Doc. Pícha 7th floor
10:15 Bacterial CNS infection Doc. Pícha 7 th floor
11:45 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr. Michálková, Dr. Ambrožová
 
doc. MUDr. Dušan Pícha, CSc.
Tue 10.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training

 Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

8:15-9:30 KO + inflammatory parameters Dr. Nyčová
9:45-11:00 Travel medicine I. Dr. Nyčová
11:30-13:00 Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin Dr. Trojánek

MUDr. Aneta Nyčová
Wed 11.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training

Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

 8:00-10:00 Healthcare-associated infections Dr. Polívková
10:15-12:00 Resistant infections in patients treated with chemotherapy, immunosuppressants and biological therapy Dr. Strojil,Ph.D.
12:00-13:00 Case studies Dr. Nyčová

MUDr. Aneta Nyčová
Thu 12.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training

Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

8:00 -11:00 Viral Hepatitis Dr. Dan Veselý
11:05-12:05 HIV/AIDS Dr. Dan Veselý
12:15-13:30 Travel medicine II. Dr. Trojánek

MUDr. Milan Trojánek, Ph.D.
Fri 13.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training           
 8:10 Antibiotics Dr. Rudová 7th floor
10:15 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr. Slížek, Dr. Rudová
11:30 Respiratory tract infections  Dr.Slížek 7th floor
MUDr. Tereza Rudová
Mon 16.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:15 GIT infections  Dr. Ambrožová 7th floor
10:15 Assigning of patients to individual work  Dr. Slížek, Dr. Ambrožová
 Individual bedside work
 
 
MUDr. Helena Ambrožová, Ph.D.
Tue 17.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:45 HIV infection (clinical symptoms, opportunistic infections, treatment) Dr. Jilich 7th floor
11:00 Demonstration of interesting cases (1/2) Dr. Slížek
          Hepatitis, Elastography (1/2) Dr. Kadeřávková 3th floor ambulance
MUDr. Martin Slížek
Wed 18.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:30 Individual bedside work
 9:15 Demonstration of interesting cases   Doc. Pícha, Dr.Ambrožová
10:30 Parasitology Dr. Stejskal 
RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Thu 19.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Staphylococcal infections  Dr. Zborková 7th floor
10:15 Demonstration of interesting cases  Dr. Rudová, Dr. Stejskal
 
RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Fri 20.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Consultations  - respiratory infections  Dr. Slížek 7th floor
10:15 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr. Rudová, Dr.Michálková
 
MUDr. Tereza Rudová
Mon 23.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:45 Exanthems of infectious origin Dr. Smíšková 7th floor
11:00 Lumbar puncture training on a model  Dr. Smíšková 8th floor
MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
Tue 24.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:45 Zoonoses Dr. Smíšková 7th floor
11:00 Hepatitis , elastography     (1/2)  Dr. Kadeřávková 3 th floor ambulance
          Demonstration of interesting cases (½) Dr. Slížek
 
MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
Wed 25.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Consultations – GIT + hepatitis Dr. Ambrožová 7th floor
10:45 Rare and dangerous  infections Dr. Stejskal 7th floor
RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Thu 26.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training   8:00 Individual bedside work
  8:45 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr. Rudová, Dr. Ambrožová
 10:00 Infections in high-risk patient groups Dr. Smíšková 7th floor
MUDr. Helena Ambrožová, Ph.D.
Fri 27.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 lecture+practical training  8:15 Consultations – case studies  Dr.Rudová, Dr.Slížek  7th floor
10:15 Consultations – CNS infections  Dr. Smíšková 7th floor
MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
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Groups of students
M5.2.AVL
Mon 30.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training      
 8:15 Invitation and basic informations  dr. Slížek 7th floor
 8:30 Demonstration of interesting cases dr. Slížek, Dr. Ambrožová
 9:45 Viral  CNS infection doc. Pícha 7 th floor
         Bacterial CNS infection doc. Pícha
 
doc. MUDr. Dušan Pícha, CSc.
Tue 31.03.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training

 

 Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

 8:15-9:30 Inflammation Markers and Blood Count Dr. Nyčová
 9:45-11:00 Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin Dr. Nyčová
 11:30-13:00 Travel Medicine I Dr. Trojánek

MUDr. Aneta Nyčová
Wed 01.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training

 Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

 8:00-10:00 Viral Hepatitis Dr. Martišík
 10:15-12:00 HIV/AIDS Dr. Trojánek

 12:00-13:00 Case studies Dr. Nyčová

 

 

 

 

MUDr. Aneta Nyčová
Thu 02.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training

 

Department  of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine   2. LF UK and FN Motol

8:00 -11:00 Hospital acquired infections Dr. Strojil, Ph.D.
11:05-12:05 Infectious diseases of immunocompromised Dr.Strojil, Ph.D.
12:15-13:30 Travel Medicine II. Dr. Trojánek

MUDr. Milan Trojánek, Ph.D.
Fri 03.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training        
 
 
 
STÁTNÍ SVÁTEK
 
 
 
 
Mon 06.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training   STÁTNÍ SVÁTEK
Tue 07.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:30 Zoonozes dr. Smíšková 7th floor
11:00 Demonstration of interesting cases  (½) Doc.Pícha 
          Hepatitis , elastography     (1/2)  dr. Kadeřávková  3 th floor ambulance
doc. MUDr. Dušan Pícha, CSc.
Wed 08.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:10 Assigning of patients to individual work and individual bedside work  dr. Ambrožová, Dr.Slížek
 9:00 Exanthems of infectious origin dr. Smíšková 7th floor
 11:15 Lumbar puncture training on a model (½) dr. Smíšková 8th floor
          Demonstration of interesting cases (½) dr. Michálková
 
MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
Thu 09.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training   8:00 Individual bedside work
  8:30 Antibiotics Dr. Rudová 7th floor
 10:15 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr. Rudová, Dr. Slížek
 11:30 Infections in high-risk patient groups dr. Smíšková
 
MUDr. Dita Smíšková, Ph.D.
Fri 10.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Respiratory tract infections  Dr. Slížek  7th floor
10:30 Lumbar puncture training on a model (½) dr. Smíšková 8th floor
MUDr. Martin Slížek
Mon 13.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:45 HIV infection (clinical symptoms, opportunistic infections, treatment) Dr. Jilich 7th floor
10:45 GIT infections  dr. Ambrožová 7th floor
MUDr. Helena Ambrožová, Ph.D.
Tue 14.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training

 

 8:15 Individual bedside work
 9:00 Consultations  - respiratory infections  dr. Slížek  7th floor
11:00 Hepatitis , elastography     (1/2)   dr. Kadeřávková 3th floor ambulance
           Demonstration of interesting cases (½) dr. Slížek
 

MUDr. Martin Slížek
Wed 15.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Consultations – CNS infections  dr. Smíšková 7th floor
10:45 Parasitology dr. Stejskal 7th floor
RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Thu 16.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:00 Individual bedside work
 8:30 Staphylococcal infections  Dr. Zborková 7th floor
10:15 Demonstration of interesting cases Dr.Judová, Dr. Stejskal
 
RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Fri 17.04.2026 8:00 - 13:00 seminar+practical training  8:15 Consultations – case studies Dr.Rudová 7th floor
10:15 Consultations – GIT + hepatitis dr. Ambrožová 7th floor
MUDr. Helena Ambrožová, Ph.D.
 
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